NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Cyprididae
  Superfamily - Cypridoidea
  Suborder - Cypridocopina
  Order - Podocopida
  Subclass - Podocopa
  Class - Ostracoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Heterocypris reptans
      Species - Heterocypris salina
      Species - Heterocypris americana
      Species - Heterocypris antillensis
      Species - Heterocypris aurea
      Species - Heterocypris carolinensis
      Species - Heterocypris crenata
      Species - Heterocypris dentata
      Species - Heterocypris fluviatilis
      Species - Heterocypris glauca
      Species - Heterocypris incongruens
      Species - Heterocypris newmexicoensis
      Species - Heterocypris ohanopecoshensis
      Species - Heterocypris punctata